The Digest: Russia wants to ban Apple CEO Tim Cook… and 4 other things people are talking about today

“Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. Anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg, drew on stereotypes of homosexuals to suggest Cook could bring ‘Aids and gonorrhea’ to Russia.”

“Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg has been found guilty of hacking into computers and illegally downloading files in Denmark. The Danish court found Mr Warg and his co-defendant guilty of breaking into computers owned by technology services giant CSC. Warg will be sentenced today and could face six years in jail.”

“Time travel, invisibility cloaks and teleporting could all happen within today’s schoolchildren’s lifetimes, experts agree. Children could be travelling between centuries as soon as the year 2100, while teleportation could become a regular occurence by around 2080, professors from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow have said.”